Consultant Psychiatrist (CAMHS Eating Disorders)

Schoen Clinic Newbridge is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Consultant Psychiatrist in CAMHS Eating Disorders.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established service with a national and international reputation, which is currently at 34 inpatient beds as well as daycare and outpatient services.

The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing development of the service, providing clinical expertise in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. He/she will be working with and supported by an experienced Associate Specialist and will be responsible for the psychiatric and medical management of patients, including patients detained under the Mental Health Act.

You will be working as part of a highly talented and close multidisciplinary team of eating disorder professionals. The support you will provide will enable young people to help themselves recover from their disordered eating.

We welcome both privately-funded and NHS patients for eating disorder treatment at Schoen Clinic Newbridge.

For a friendly chat about the position or to arrange a tour of the hospital, please email Hospital Director, Kerry George: Kerry.George@newbridge-health.org.uk or call 0121 580 8362.

Principle Duties

The role of the Consultant Psychiatrist will be on a full or part-time basis (number of working days is flexible) for our eating disorders hospital for children and young people in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.

• Medical assessment of patients

• Psychiatric assessment including eating disorder and non-eating disorder psychopathology

• Formulation of complex cases with medical and psychiatric needs

• Risk assessment and management for the medical and psychiatric components of the disorder

• Taking a leading role in the monitoring and treatment of physical complications of eating disorders in collaboration with other health care professionals (nurses, dieticians, physicians, paediatricians, general practitioners, etc)

• Attend the clinical MDT meetings as well as take part in MDT discussions around high-risk patients

• Participate in multidisciplinary discussions regarding the most appropriate treatment settings for patients

• Implementation of guidelines

• Treating and monitoring of psychiatric aspects of eating disorders, including core psychopathology and psychiatric co-morbidities, such as depression, obsessive-compulsivedisorders, borderline personality disorder and autistic spectrumdisorders

• Prescribing, which extends beyond the usual psychiatric formulary, and appropriately monitoring medications (according to relevant NICE guidelines)

• Using the Mental Health Act as appropriate in the management of eating disorders and general psychiatry

• To actively promote the key values of our eating disorder services, which include evidence-based treatment, collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork, coordinated care with other services, and efficient risk management

• Work together with clinical and operational colleagues to oversee the team's overall clinical performance

• Work closely with clinical and managerial leaders to improve and develop services.